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Filmed interview with James Bash conducted for Eyes on the prize. Discussion centers on his days as a school principal in Farmville, in Prince Edward County, Virginia and the decision by segregationists to close the schools in response to the Brown desegregation ruling.

Filmed interview with Leola Montgomery for Eyes on the prize. Discussion centers on the Brown vs. Board of Education legal case which she and her husband pursued for the benefit of their daughter, as well as a discussing the segregated school system of 1950s Kansas.

Filmed interview with Linda Brown Smith conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her experiences in Kansas's segregated schools and her family's involvement in the Brown vs. Board of Education lawsuit.

Interview of Judge Robert Carter conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on Brown v. Board of Education and the legal battles that led to the Brown ruling, and Carter's working relationship with Thurgood Marshall.

Filmed interview with William Bradford Huie conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centeres on the Emmett Till case and his interviews with J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who confessed to Huie that they murdered Till. Huie also discusses James Earl...Show full record

Filmed interview with William T. Coleman conducted for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Brown v. Board of Education case, Thurgood Marshall, Earl Warren, and the activities of the NAACP legal team.

Filmed interview with Bayard Rustin conducted in 1979 for America, They Loved You Madly, a precursor to Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the Brown decision, the reasons for increased civil rights activism after World War II, and his work to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and...Show full record

Filmed interview with Eliza Briggs and Harry Briggs, Sr. conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on the condition of segregated schools in South Carolina and their lawsuit against the state, which was combined with the Brown case in Kansas. Harry Briggs Sr. and Eliza Briggs were...Show full record

Interview with Herbert Brownell conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion begins with the lack of federal intervention in the Emmett Till case and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Discussion continues with President Eisenhower's views on civil rights issues, the Brown v. Board of Education decision,...Show full record

Filmed interview with Dr. Kenneth Clark conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and his research into the psychological consequences of racism for black Americans.

First of two interviews with Judge Constance Baker Motley conducted for Eyes on the Prize. Discussion centers on her involvement with NAACP various legal actions, including the Brown v. Board of Education case.